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Project

Millard Fillmore will be a cnc mill. One that is so emo it will be able to cut himself. That includes his own electronics, and wooden frame. He will have split personalities, being able to cut, laser engrave and extrude abs plastic anything it can to get the job done. He will be cheap, and be able to built from a kit without any specialty tools. Be easily driven by replicatorg or emc2. He will be free as in speech distributed under an open hardware license.

Thoughts

Basic Specs

Cheap < $250

Cutting area to be12"x12"x6"

Portable and easy setup. Keep electronics and motors well protected from damage.

Hardware

equal length parts for lead screws, and linear shafts

few custom parts as possible

few wood cuts as possible or in small enough sections machine can cut itself, Keep wood parts to a 2x4 sheet of half inch birch.